[b]can anyone explain to me how to draw well rather shade in hair because im having problems with it

Brenda has some great lessons on hair. What type of hair are you trying to do?
Paulette

[b][/b]im trying to draw claudette's hair

She seems to expain it okay. Can you post your picture and maybe we can help you that way.
Paulette

okay i will

If you need help posting a picture, let me know.
Paulette

I NEED HELP POSTING THE PICTURE

When you "add reply" at the bottom of the forum, you get your message area. Scroll down and you will see "file attachments", click the browse button. This will bring up your files, open the correct folder, then open your file. Next click "add this attatchment", Then click add into post. Scroll down "Preview post" then if all is good "add reply". I hope this will do it for you.
Paulette

this is my picture of claudette. some of the detail is gone because of the scanner. anyways can critique my drawing and tell me how to make her features look more realistic. thanks

The hair looks like you have a good start. What you will find is you have a lot of filling in to do. You are going to end up with very little white left showing through. I lay down 2H in the direction of the hair, then gradually build up my values with a 2B. Keep following the lesson and you will have it.
You have done a decent job of her face. What stands out to me is that your girl looks younger then Brenda's. So recheck your lines, if you need to you can make a tighter graph to help you see where the lines are. The end of the mouth should line up with the pupil of the eye. The flare of her nose lines up with her eyebrow. Look at how each piece relates to the next. Is this line pointing up or down, horizontal or on a slant, vertical or slanted. Now that your picture is loaded, pull it up next to Brenda's and look at the two together.
Doing a portrait of someone is all about seeing, what this lesson is doing is teaching you to see relationships between the features. The better you get at seeing those relationships the more your portraits will look like the person you want to draw.
Your doing a good job, keep following through with the lesson. Our favorite saying around here is practice, practice, practice. When you have done some more post your picture again. If you have any questions, just ask.
Paulette

okay thanks alot paulette